Download Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body AudioBook Free
Why do we look just how we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of the fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales linked for some reason? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and also to trace the origins of several of today's most common diseases, we have to decide on unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish.
Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik—the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006—tells the storyline of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back an incredible number of years, long before the first creatures walked the planet earth. By examining fossils and DNA, Shubin shows us our hands actually resemble fish fins, our head is organized like this of the long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome look and function like those of worms and bacteria.
Shubin makes us see ourselves and our world in a completely new light. Your Inner Fish is science writing at its finest—enlightening, accessible, and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
